West Boca, FL - Swastikas, Hate Message Painted On Jewish Shop

Boca Raton, FL - Sheriff's investigators are trying to determine who painted swastikas and a hate-filled message on the windows of a Jewish book and gift shop, Sheriff's Deputies collected DNA and fingerprints but so far have no suspects.

The graffiti was found at YiddishKeit Book Store inside the Mission Bay Plaza at U.S. 441 and Glades Road, west of Boca Raton. There were four swastikas and a message that said, "Burn the Jews" drawn in white paint or shoe polish.

Similar messages were found on a Chrysler Voyager minivan in the shopping center parking lot. The car belonged to a florist in the shopping center who is not Jewish, sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said. The florist was out of town when the incident happened, Barbera said.

Store owner Joseph Brooks said this was the second time this year he's been the target of graffiti. He said in early March, vandals painted a small swastika on his window. "I'm shocked and worried," Brooks said. "Before it was a little thing. Now it's the entire storefront. I'm very concerned about the escalation of this. I don't know if it's the same people."